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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached comprehensive response letter that incorporates the assessed impacts if the Federal Government accepts the specified parcels "in trust" for the Shingle Springs Rancheria Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; and
2) Authorize transmittal of the letter to the U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs to formally request consideration as outlined in the referenced letter.
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
General Timeline of the History of the Tribe
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (Tribe) is a federally recognized Tribe located in El Dorado County, California. In 1970, the Tribe formally organized under their Articles of Association and set up home sites on the Rancheria. In 1976, the Tribe’s Articles of Association were approved by the Secretary of the Interior which granted them federal recognition and sovereignty.
In 1995, the Tribe established what is now the Shingle Springs Health & Wellness Center to provide a wide array of medical, dental, and behavioral health services to underserved native and non-native families. The original clinic operated from 1995 until the new location opened on the Tribe’s reservation lands in 2011.
The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, enacted by the United States Congress in 1988, allows gaming as a means of generating revenue for tribes, encouraging economic development and self-sufficiency. On October 8, 1999, the Tribe entered into a Tribal-State Gaming Compact (Compact) with the State of California in order to develop and operate a gaming facility on the Tribe’s reservation land. The Compact has further been amended on June 30, 2008, November 15, 2012, and August 3, 2020. Amendments have included such items as updates to the number of gaming devices allowed, types of gaming activities authorized, and updated revenue sharing terms and re...
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